diff --git a/sql-odbc/scripts/build_aws-sdk-cpp.ps1 b/sql-odbc/scripts/build_aws-sdk-cpp.ps1
index 5595ea234f4..6ed16361133 100644
--- a/sql-odbc/scripts/build_aws-sdk-cpp.ps1
+++ b/sql-odbc/scripts/build_aws-sdk-cpp.ps1
@@ -16,9 +16,11 @@ $INSTALL_DIR = $args[4]
 Write-Host $args
 
 # Clone the AWS SDK CPP repo
-# $SDK_VER = "1.7.29"
+$SDK_VER = "1.8.186"
 # -b "$SDK_VER" `
 git clone `
+    --branch `
+    $SDK_VER `
     --single-branch `
     "https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-cpp.git" `
     $SRC_DIR